Stage-Discharge Relations on the Middle Mississippi River
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 125, Issue 1
Abstract
Based on measurements made on the Middle Mississippi River during the 1993 flood, stage-discharge relations for the rating curve are not single-valued. Analyses of these data suggest that the range of flow rates at a given stage is larger than that attributable to measurement replication error alone. Patterns of stage-discharge measurements also imply a tendency toward hysteresis. However, neither changes in stage nor changes in flow rate correlate with short-term scour and fill at gauging sites.
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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 125 • Issue 1 • January 1999
Pages: 48 - 53
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Received: May 17, 1994
Published online: Jan 1, 1999
Published in print: Jan 1999
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